Chapter Seventy-Eight: Gentleman Bede and Jade
A wrench is a fitting fitted to the archer's right thumb to protect the finger from the bowstring.
In China's thousands of years of history, Emperor Qianlong's enthusiasm for the jade wrench finger can be called the most among the emperors of China, perhaps out of the need to maintain and maintain the traditional culture and national characteristics, or perhaps influenced by the concept of "gentleman and jade" in traditional Chinese culture, so that the Qianlong Emperor has a special preference and preference for the jade wrench.
This group of imperial jade and Khotanese jade wrenches, is one of the Qianlong Emperor's most cherished personal objects, Qianlong Emperor before and after spent nearly 30 years, before and after the imperial production of these seven jade wrenches, and for four of them personally inscribed poems, it can be seen that the Qianlong Emperor to the group of jade wrenches love.
It is no exaggeration to say that today's ancient Chinese jade auction can have such a full house, and this group of imperial jade and Khotanese jade wrenches of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty can be said to be a great achievement.
As the auctioneer's words fell, even the starting price of 50 million Hong Kong dollars still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of many wealthy people on the scene.
"51 million!"
"55 million!"
"57 million!"
"60 million!"
……
In the blink of an eye, the price of this group of imperial jade and Khotanese jade wrenches of the Qing Dynasty broke through the 60 million Hong Kong dollar mark, and each time the price increase was started at one million Hong Kong dollars, and the scene was filled with a frenzied atmosphere.
In the face of such precious imperial court artworks, many VVIP guests of Sotheby's auction house, who were sitting in the core area with Tang Yuan and others, couldn't resist the temptation and began to raise their cards and join the bidding.
At this moment, Wen Muxue, who was sitting next to Tang Yuan, looked at such a hot auction scene, Yinghong's mouth opened slightly, her eyes were full of shock, and every beating price tickled her nerves.
At the same time, Tang Yuan's expression changed after seeing this group of Qing Qianlong imperial jade and Khotanese jade wrenches, all of which were taken into her eyes.
"Is it ......?"
Just when some kind of guess just appeared in Wen Muxue's mind, Tang Yuan's next move confirmed that her guess was correct, and Tang Yuan, who had been silent for more than two hours, made a move for the first time.
"70 million!"
Tang Yuan raised the bidding number plate in his hand, with a certain sharp color in his eyes, and signaled loudly to the auctioneer in front of him.
"Guest No. 556, bid 70 million Hong Kong dollars!"
When the auctioneer heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he repeated Tang Yuan's offer again.
The original price of just 65 million Hong Kong dollars was directly increased to 70 million Hong Kong dollars at one time, and the price was increased by 5 million Hong Kong dollars at one time, coupled with Tang Yuan's extremely young face, which immediately attracted the surprised eyes of many people around.
"Number 556? What a familiar number! ”
"What kind of memory do you have, No. 556 is the young girl who swept the goods in the world famous wine and treasure special show, and now it seems that this young man is the main one!"
"Dare to offer 70 million Hong Kong dollars, it seems that people are sweeping the goods, it is purely for fun, and they don't take the more than 10 million as money at all!"
"Does anyone know him? It shouldn't be from our port city, I know all the children of those big families in our port city! ”
"Listen to the accent to know if it's not, it's probably a child of a big family in the interior, if you want to say that the mainland is still deep!"
……
Many of the guests who were on the scene at the auction immediately whispered when they saw No. 556 reappearing, and many VVIP customers sitting in the core area also cast curious, scrutiny, or looking at Tang Yuan.
70 million Hong Kong dollars, this is another big mark, so that many guests who intend to compete feel a little powerless, although their hearts are full of regrets, but they are not enough funds, and they are unable to continue to compete, so they can only choose to give up.
"70.5 million!"
"71 million!"
"71.3 million!"
……
Soon, the price of 70 million Hong Kong dollars was broken again, and now the guests who still have the strength to continue bidding for quotations are basically all VVIP guests located in the core area, and the overall bidding speed has also slowed down.
Seeing that the auction was about to fall into a stalemate, Tang Yuan had no intention of taking his time with everyone, only to see him raise the bidding number plate in his hand again, and said loudly: "80 million Hong Kong dollars!" ”
"...... Uproar"
As Tang Yuan's voice fell, the scene was in an uproar.
A price increase of nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars!
Suddenly, Tang Yuan became the focus of the audience.
According to the assessment of professionals, the valuation of this group of imperial jadeite and Khotanese jade fingers of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty should be between 50 million Hong Kong dollars and 80 million Hong Kong dollars.
Facing the attention of the audience, Tang Yuan looked indifferent.
Valuation?
What's that?
When bidding for others, in addition to the likes of subjective factors, they also need to consider the collection value, value-added space, personal capital chain pressure, etc., but here in Tang Yuan, all of the above is not within his consideration at all.
According to Tang Yuan's analysis, the basic reward amount of the treasure-level collection task, even without considering the benefits of novices, will not be less than 100 million, not to mention that in addition to cash rewards, the system will also give a lot of surreal rewards.
It is no exaggeration to say that no matter how high the final transaction price is, Tang Yuan will not lose, it is completely a profit.
What's more, Tang Yuan also really likes this group of imperial jade and Khotanese jade wrenches of the Qing Dynasty, after all, Tang Yuan comes from Lanxing Huaxia, where traditional culture is prevalent, and has a natural love for these objects full of historical and cultural heritage.
"Guest No. 556, bid 80 million Hong Kong dollars!"
"Qing Qianlong imperial jade and Khotanese jade wrench, can be called the imperial treasure of the Qing Palace, a group of seven pieces, well-preserved, rare in the world, if you miss it, you may never see it again!"
After hearing Tang Yuan's offer, the auctioneer on the auction table became even more excited, and his speech was fast, constantly inciting the guests who were interested in bidding on the scene with full emotions.
The increase of nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars has once again brought the price of the collection to a new threshold.
This time, even many VVIP guests in the core area were difficult to continue to follow, and their faces showed a little regret one after another.
"81 million!"
Just after the scene was boiling for dozens of seconds, an old man in front of Tang Yuan's right side, after hesitating repeatedly, raised the bidding number plate in his hand again.
"85 million!"
Tang Yuan did not hesitate at all, and added 4 million Hong Kong dollars again.
Seeing this, the old man couldn't help but sigh, then shook his head, put down the bidding license plate in his hand, obviously unable to continue to follow.
Tang Yuan saw the old man with such an expression, he turned his head to look at a middle-aged man behind his left, his eyes were a little inquiring, his face was calm, and there was no provocation at all.
"88 million Hong Kong dollars!"
"This is my bottom line, if you can be higher than this price, this set of Qing Qianlong imperial jade and Khotanese jade wrenches are yours."
The middle-aged man also looked at Tang Yuan, he first quoted a price loudly, and then raised the champagne glass in his hand and said to Tang Yuan.
Hearing this, Tang Yuan bowed slightly at the other party, then turned his head and raised the bidding number plate in his hand again without the slightest hesitation.
"90 million Hong Kong dollars!"